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Summer Programs

The final summer programs overseen by Anne Green before her retirement as Prendergast Library executive director were well attended. Green reported during a recent library board meeting on summer events. The Community Block Party featured 30 community organizations, 20 local artisans ...

Donations Needed

The UCAN City Mission is looking for donations as it prepares for the winter months and longer stays from the men using the shelter. The all-male, homeless shelter, located at 7 W. First, St. provides two meals a day, case management services, shower and laundry facilities, and a road or ...

Contracting For Events Saves City Money

Moving the Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament to Jamestown Community College worked out fine this year, but the tournament’s sponsor is still eyeing a late-summer event downtown if the tournament doesn’t relocate back downtown in 2025. Pat Smeraldo, Collaborative Children’s ...

Langworthy Honors Telford On The House Floor

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy of New York District 23 honored the life of Chautauqua County Undersheriff Richard Telford during a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. Telford, a respected public servant, passed away following a battle with cancer ...

City Mayors Have Hands Full Of Adversity

Securing election to the highest-ranking post for three city mayors in two counties may have been the easiest part of the job. Since taking office, it is hard to ignore the troubles that have faced Jamestown’s Kim Ecklund, Dunkirk’s Kate Wdowiasz, and Warren’s Dave Wortman, all of whom ...

‘I’ve Been Hit 11 Times’

For one local cyclist, riding his electric, three-wheeled bicycle is his only way to get around independently. Donald Lee States Jr., 68, of Jamestown, says he’s been hit 11 times by automobiles, had two bikes destroyed and can’t get service sometimes at drive-through fast-food ...